PT-2009-3198 · Microsoft · Office Excel Viewer+3

Bing Liu · Published 2009-06-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2009-0549

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Excel versions in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3 Microsoft Office Excel versions in Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac Open XML File Format Converter for Mac Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Office Excel, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office Excel versions in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel versions in Office XP SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel versions in Office 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel versions in Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0549

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

Office Excel Viewer

Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0549 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0549 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1540 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5830 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/54952 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35215 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022351 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/MS09-021 · Note